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Design of penta-band low noise amplifier with integrated active antenna for vehicular communications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2017

Ramya Vijay ,
Thipparaju Rama Rao ,
Revathi Venkataraman  and
Murugiah Sivashanmugham Vasanthi
Ramya Vijay*
Affiliation:
RAMS Lab, Department of Telecommunication Engineering, SRM University, Kattangulathur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Phone: +91 9655422172
Thipparaju Rama Rao
Affiliation:
RAMS Lab, Department of Telecommunication Engineering, SRM University, Kattangulathur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Phone: +91 9655422172
Revathi Venkataraman
Affiliation:
Department of Computer Science Engineering, SRM University, Kattankulathur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Murugiah Sivashanmugham Vasanthi
Affiliation:
RAMS Lab, Department of Telecommunication Engineering, SRM University, Kattangulathur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Phone: +91 9655422172
*
Corresponding author: R. Vijay Email: ramya.vijay@outlook.com
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Abstract

The design and integration of penta-band planar antenna with a low noise amplifier (LNA) for vehicular wireless applications is discussed in this research. By integrating antenna with a LNA, the return loss can be kept low with the increased bandwidth compared with a passive antenna with the same design. The performance of the passive antenna, LNA, and integrated active antenna (IAA) are individually validated with the aid of vector network analyzer. The designed IAA covers navigational frequencies 1.2 and 1.5 GHz, wireless communication frequencies 2.4, 3.3 GHz and dedicated short range communication frequency 5.8 GHz, with LNA gain (>10 dB) and noise figure (<2 dB). The proposed design gives room for simultaneous reception of all the desired frequency bands with better performance for vehicular communications.

Keywords

Antenna designModeling and measurementsLow noise amplifiers
Type
Research Papers
Information
International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies , Volume 9 , Issue 9 , November 2017 , pp. 1883 - 1894
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press and the European Microwave Association 2017 

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